Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-09

ssfsblishmsns Of Parliament thas viii
deal distinctly with ali Affairs Of local
soaosEn-sffords the only bass Of So
ling the Irish QUESTION In 9 manner
iuss and honorabie. and o. lasting ben
a. 10 The people Of Great Britain and
Ireland" tsst they earnestly protested
against the esntsmplated measures as
suioidal to the best interests Of EGG
land and Ireland. and violating those
recognized pFinsipIes Of isstics which
represent the best thOuaht Of our time
and are rightly regarded - the bal
Sarks Of Iibasty for al men sad AL
peoples" and that az eitiz ns Of free
Republic. enjoying the inestinabse
blessings Of liberty, vs give 70 the
people Of Ireland, under the mag
nideeut Ieadership Of Charles Stewart
ParnsiI and the Parliamentary party,
our waFmest sympathy and siroaR-
est encouragement in their strug
Gle for those rights which We possess
and vslns 20 highly, add ue urRs them
10 psrsevere to the end. ~hiob must
come when the proposed policy Of eosf-
cion has run It's curse"
They finally resolved 70 Gable these
resolutions 10 Gladstone and PsTnelI,
and 10 forward them In full By mail 10
"ths Tory leader. Lord Salisbury"
How we're these proceedings viewed In
Iondoa7 Just as the Liberals antiei-
pated. The London correspondent Of
the New York SHH, referring 10 then,
says;
The week has been full Of hope and
encouraesment for the Irish Gauss. The
| cheering words eabled aaFoss from the
great meeting in Cooper Union have
/ encouraged the friends and exaspeFated
the enemies OF IFeland, and today thoss
same foes are worried and detected Al
the great victsFy scored by the Glad
stouian candidate at Iikeeton, Will
they are yet staggering usdeF the blow
administered TO them by Mr.. Gladston,
and other Liberal leaders In the debate
which concluded At O'Clock this morn
ing in . nominal victory for the oOer
cioaists.
The debate viii be long remembered
IN Parliamentary history. so com
uletely dsmoEalized we're the Tories b,
0l4dstons's vigorous and brilliant at
tack that they were unable to ind
man from their own ranks 10 defenl
their policy. and they had 10 suffer th
STERILIZATION Of intFusting their defens
TO Chamberlain, James, and Goscher
Who, IL political reneGades. are at an
rate blessed with brains. Even 8
stauch Terry ~ HoEaFth. the membe
for Stafford, found IL necessary TO eI
press his panied sarprise at she want o
grit shown by his party leaders, an
, when the division bells rang, three Tor
members walked out of the House with
out voting. several Liberal Unionist
followed their example, and three aetu
ally voted Ia the minority, having bee
converted by Gladst0ne's speech.
The old man eloquent must have fel
his soul lred TO an unWonted glsw b
the earnest language In his suppoI
which was oabIed to him from the me
tropOlis Of the New World. He is
poor sort Of American whose soul is no
also fred by the spectacle Of bis coun
tFy's moral greatness which this iuei
dent affords. In other days the worl
looked to France for sympathy and en-
couEagement In all noble enterprises
now il looks 10 America. The fire.
thought and generous sentiments Of th
: American RePablie are destined to sWa
and revelation ~ the world. Withou
them, Ireland could make no headwa
against the bigotry. selfshness. cruelt
and vastly superior physical force an
material resources Of England Wit
their mighty aid, Ireland has AlFead
won great and signal victories the e.
tablished Church 10 destroyed, the Ian
laws have been materially mitiRated 1
their harshpess and injustice, aHd th
restoration Of her native Parliamen
has become the one oveFshadowinR issu
: In the home politics Of Great Britain
American ideas and American moneI
; backing the aspirations and demand
: OF Ireland, have wrought these bene
aeial changes. and will continue th
good work until IEelsnd is free an
prosperous.
We trust the meeting In Frye's 0peF
House tonight will rise TO the full dil
nifty OF the occasion. and give forth u
uncertain sound on behalf Of Seattle
The high character and attachments q
the speakers Insure an able and intel
estinR presentation Of the cause froS
an American point Of view the list rer
resents some Of the foremost talent {
the Territory. II is by such meetings
held IN all the centeFs Of population
and Intelligence from Boston 10 Seattle
that the real sentiment Of America /
cryssalized at hsme and made know
abroad, aAd the influence Of Republican
Institutions made felt even In The oldes
and strongest Of European nonarchiel
The Republic itself Il strengthened b,
every such manifestation Of the faitl
apon which Il Vas built; the pAtriosisa
81 its citizens is quiokened and re
freshed by the contemplation OF ID
power for good in other hernispheres
Man does not live by bread alone
neither does a great nsiisn live solely
for the sordid pursuit OF money. Amer.
lea enfranohisiRe iss millions of blacA
slaves and placing them on . plane Of
civil and political equality With The
white skinned inheritsrs OF thousands
Of years Of Oivilins1 progress, Of AidinC
the oppressed people Of the old voFla
TO free themselves and reconqaeF their
Lost liberties. IL infinitely grander than
America constructing trsnsconiinentAl
railroads.
Seattle is Aonorably distinguished FOR
keeping abreast Of the times, and the
meeting On the Irish question IL one Of